Vertical-filing cabinet.



A. KLITSCH E. VERTICAL FILING CABINE-T.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. f1, 1912.

Patented Feb. 8, 1916. 2 SHEETS-SHEET I :1HE CoLuMBIA Pumuaumin so., WASHINGTON. D. c.

A. KLITSCHE.

yVERTICAL FILING CABINET. APPucATlN FILED Nov. 4,.1912.

,Patented Feb.8,1916.

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. 'or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, n 'CORPORATION or ILLINOIS.

VERTICAL-FILING CABINET.,

Patented Feb.. s, 1916.

appncation mea November 4,1912. .serial No. 729,354.

T0 all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, AMANDUS KLITsCHn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident -of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vertical-Filing Cabinets, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates Vto vertical :filing cabinets and seeks to provide a simple and effective .construction wherein drawings or the like can be conveniently filed.

The invention consists in the features .of improvement hereinafter set forth, illustrated in the preferred form in the accompanying drawings and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims. l

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of vthe improved cabinet with 7the front land top -cover inopen position. Fig. 2 is a partial vertical section taken on =the line 2 2 of Fig. 3, with the front and .top cover shown i-n closed position. Fig.l 3 is a partial plan view with the front in closed position .and the top cover removed. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 2, showing .the front and .top cover in open position.

The body of the improved cabinet comprises a rear wall 1, a bottom 2 and ends 3 secured together in suitable manner andthe cabinet is provided with a vswinging front 4v which is hinged thereto at its lower edge. Preferably, the -front .is provided with edge flanges 5 which are arranged to overlap the front edges of the ends 3 when the front is in closed position, as shown in Fig. 3.V The front is adapted to be held in closed position in any suitable manner. In the form shown, it is provided at its upper end portions with sliding, spring-held catches 6 which are arranged to engage seats 7 in the upper front portions of the ends 3. A handle 8 at the upper central portion of the front is connected to the catches 6 in any suitable manner to withdraw the same frornthe seats 7, so that the front may be open. In the construction shown, the front 4 is adapted to be sustained in its full open, inclined position by chains 9 which extend between the same and the rear wall 1 of the cabinet. The cabinet is preferably provided with a top cover 10 hinged to the rear wall thereof and adapted to be held in open position by a pair of pivoted or folding links 11 extending between .the vcover and vone of the ends 3 of `-the cabinet. f The drawings or .other papers to be'filed in the cabinet are secured at their upper edges by clamps 12 or in any other suitable manner, .to a series of filing rods 12 and the projecting ends of the filing rods are sustained within the cabinet upon coperating supports xed tothe body of the cabinet and to the swingingfront thereof.v In the preferred form shown, the supports comprise pairs .of overlapping angleebrackets 13 and 14 fixed respectively'to the upper end portions .of lthe rea-r wallV 1 and :the front 4. j v

The rear brackets 13 project forwardly v from the rear wall 1 and are spaced from the end walls of .the cabinet. r-lhe brackets `14 project rearwardly from the front 4 and 14 ,are provided with coperating supportin g ledges 16 which, when the fronteis closed, are arranged beside and in horizontal alinement with vthe supporting ledges 15. Each of the brackets14 is also provided with a flange 17 which extends over `the supporting ledge 16 and forms .therewith a horizontal extending s'lot13 for vreceiving the ends of the .filing rods 12. Preferably, as shown, `the slot 18, is closed at the outer side faceof eachof l'the Ibrackets 14.

When ethe front isin` closed position, the projecting ends of the filing rods extend across the supporting ledges 15 o f the rear brackets and into theslots 18 between the supporting ledges 16 .and flanges 17 of the vfront brackets. These rod engaging parts are slightly curved, being concentric with v thehinges at the lower edge of the swinging front 4 so that the slotted'front brackets the drawings the rearV brackets lthe'` latter are provided at their upper front ends` with depressible, spring-held stop pins 19 arranged within sockets 19 at their ends. When the front is closed, the ends of the filing rods carried thereby are shifted onto the rear supporting brackets 13, depressing the spring-held stopA pins 19. At the same,v

time, the ledges and the flanges 16 and 17 of the front slotted brackets properly reengage the ends of the iiling rods which have remained upon the rear brackets. By arranging the front brackets between the rear brackets and the end walls, and providing the front brackets with lianges arranged to extend over the rods, the iiling rods and drawings carried thereby, which are shifted outwardly with the swinging front, are securely held against displacement and are properly returned to positio-n in the cabinet when the front is closed.

For convenience in selecting the drawing to be inspected, the iling rods or the clamps may be provided, if desired, with index tabs. In the construction shown, the top cover is provided on its lower face with ribs 20 having slots 21 therein for receiving index cards.

It is obviouslthat changes may be made in the details set forth without departure from the essentials of the invention as delined in the claims.

I claim as my invention 1. A vertical filing cabinet provided with a swinging front, said cabinet and said front having coperating ledges in horizontal alinement for supporting iiling rods, and

y said swinging front having a flange arranged to extend over the filing rods to maintain said rods in horizontal alinement.

2. The combination with a filing cabinet, of a swinging front hinged thereto at its lower edge, said cabinet and said front being provided at their upper end portions with pairs of coperating curved ledges for supporting filing rods, said ledges being arranged side by side in horizontal alinement when said front is closed and said front having flanges arranged to extend over the ends ofthe filing rods to maintain said rods in horizontal alinement.

3. The combination with a ling cabinet, of va swinging front hinged thereto at its lower edge, said cabinet and said front being provided at their upper end portions with pairs of coperating curved ledges for supporting filing rods, said ledges being arranged side oy side in horizontal alinement whensaidfront is closed and said front having fianges arranged to extend over the ends of the filing rods to maintain said rods in horizontal alinement, and depressible spring held stop pins at the forward ends of the ledges of said cabinet.

1. Av vertical filing cabinet provided with a front hinged thereto at its lower edge, forwardly projecting supporting brackets fixed to the upper portion of the rear wall of said cabinet adjacent'the ends thereof, and coperating reirwardly projecting brackets secured to said front and arranged to pass between said rear brackets and the end walls of said cabinet, said brackets having similarly curved supporting ledges for nling rods arranged in horizontal alinement when said front is closed, said front brackets having flanges above the supporting ledges thereof and arranged to extend over the ends of the iiling rods, and depressible spring held stop 1wins at the forward ends of the supporting ledges of said rear brackets.

5. A vertical filing cabinet provided with a swinging front, forwardlyl projecting curved supports forl filing rods fixed to the upper' portion of the rear wall of the cabinet adjacent its ends, and similarly curved rearwardly projecting supports for the filing rods xed to said front and arranged to nass between said rear supports and the end walls of said cabinet, said latter supports having slots in their sides for en gaging the ends of the filing rods.

AMANDUS KLlTSCHE.

Witnesses:

HARRY L. CLAPP, KATHARINE GERLAGH.

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Washington, D. C. 

